[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 8829]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 8 of rule XII, executive communications were taken from 
the Speaker's table and referred as follows:

       1702. A letter from the Acting Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Lactic acid, ethyl ester and 
     Lactic acid, n-butyl ester; Exemptions from the Requirement 
     of a Tolerance; Technical Correction [OPP-2002-0-217; FRL-
     7298-4] received April 1, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture.
       1703. A letter from the Acting Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Modified Acrylic Polymers; 
     Revision of Tolerance Exemption [OPP-2003-0079; FRL-7297-8] 
     received April 1, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 
     the Committee on Agriculture.
       1704. A letter from the Under Secretary, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting the Department's report for purchases 
     from foreign entities for Fiscal Year 2002, pursuant to 
     Public Law 104--201, section 827 (110 Stat. 2611); to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       1705. A letter from the Deputy Secretary, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting the Department's report regarding 
     assured access to space for the United States; to the 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       1706. A letter from the Under Secretary, Department of 
     Defense, transmitting a report entitled, ``Development of 
     Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Programs and 
     Activities Beginning in FY 2004''; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       1707. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement and 
     Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Defense Federal Acquisition 
     Regulation Supplement; Extension of Contract Goal for Small 
     Disadvantaged Businesses and Certain Institutions of Higher 
     Education [DFARS Case 2002-D038] received April 3, 2003, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       1708. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, 
     transmitting notification that the President approved changes 
     to the 2002 Unified Command Plan; to the Committee on Armed 
     Services.
       1709. A letter from the Director, Defense Procurement and 
     Acquisition Policy, Department of Defense, transmitting the 
     Department's final rule -- Defense Federal Acquisition 
     Regulation Supplement; Foreign Acquisition [DFARS Case 2002-
     D009] received April 3, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed Services.
       1710. A letter from the Acting Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Approval and Promulgation of Air 
     Quality Implementation Plans; Rhode Island; One-hour Ozone 
     Attainment Demonstration for the Rhode Island Ozone 
     Nonattainment Area [A-1-FRL-7476-7] received April 1, 2003, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce.
       1711. A letter from the Acting Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Standards of Performance for 
     Stationary Gas Turbines [OAR-2002-0053, FRL-7476-5] (RIN: 
     2060-AK35) received April 1, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       1712. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department's 
     report on nuclear nonproliferation in South Asia for the 
     period October 1, 2002 to March 31, 2003, pursuant to 22 
     U.S.C. 2376(c); to the Committee on International Relations.
       1713. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting certification of a 
     proposed Manufacturing License Agreement with Jordan 
     [Transmittal No. DTC 005-03], pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(d); 
     to the Committee on International Relations.
       1714. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting certification of a 
     proposed Manufacturing License Agreement with Germany 
     [Transmittal No. DTC 011-03], pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(d); 
     to the Committee on International Relations.
       1715. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report required 
     by Section 301 of the United States Macau Policy Act, 
     covering the period from April 2, 2001, to April 1, 2002; to 
     the Committee on International Relations.
       1716. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
     Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report required 
     by Section 301 of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 
     1992, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 5731; to the Committee on 
     International Relations.
       1717. A letter from the Chief Financial Officer and 
     Assistant Secretary for Administration, Department of 
     Commerce, transmitting the Department's inventory of 
     functions pursuant to the Federal Activities Inventory Reform 
     Act of 1998; to the Committee on Government Reform.
       1718. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal 
     Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
       1719. A letter from the Attorney/Advisor, Department of 
     Transportation, transmitting a report pursuant to the Federal 
     Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on Government 
     Reform.
       1720. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Fish, 
     Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Endangered and Threatened 
     Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Status and Designation of 
     Critical Habitat for Polygonum hickmanii (Scotts Valley 
     polygonum) (RIN: 1018-AH76) received April 2, 2003, pursuant 
     to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       1721. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Fish, 
     Wildlife and Parks, Departmernt of the Interior, transmitting 
     the Department's final rule -- Endangered and Threatened 
     Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the 
     Kauai Cave Wolf Spider and Kauai Cave Amphipod (RIN: 1018-
     AH01) received April 2, 2003, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.
       1722. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and 
     Human Services, transmitting the Department's Annual Report 
     On Child Welfare Outcomes 2000, pursuant to Public Law 105--
     89, section 203(a) (111 Stat. 2127); to the Committee on Ways 
     and Means.
       1723. A letter from the Acting Principal Deputy Associate 
     Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting 
     the Agency's final rule -- Fellowships [FRL-7476-2] (RIN: 
     2030-AA77) received April 1, 2002, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     801(a)(1)(A); jointly to the Committees on Education and the 
     Workforce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and 
     Agriculture.

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